Girls' name · since 1908

Tossie

Tossie has 32 recorded births since 1908 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1917 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#40,380 of 72,339
all-time among girls
32
born since 1908
1910s
peak decade

Tossie is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 32 have been recorded since 1908.

Tossie has 32 recorded births among girls since 1908, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1908 to 1918.

  • #40,380 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • 32 born since 1908
  • 1910s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tossie ranks #40,380 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 32 born since 1908, peaking in the 1910s.

#40,380 of 72,339
all-time among girls
32
born since 1908
1910s
peak decade
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Tossie's 32 recorded births place it above 44.13% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Tossie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Tossie's full recorded timeline at 1916, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1918, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1917 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Tossie popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1908–1918

Last recorded 1918
Peak year (1917)
8
Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
456789 19081914191619171918 5

Tossie by decade

1910s is the heaviest window (26 births, 81% of the file).

1910s was Tossie's strongest decade.

26 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 81% of all-time use.

Tossie births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1910s at 26 births (81% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Tossie?
Tossie has been given to 32 babies in the U.S. since 1908, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #40,380 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Its last appearance in the data was 1918. 8 babies were born in 1917, its single highest year.
Where does Tossie sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tossie ranks #40,380 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Tossie most popular?
Tossie was most popular in the 1910s decade with 26 total births. The single peak year was 1917.
How long has the name Tossie been used?
The SSA has tracked Tossie since 1908 -- 11 years through the most recent 1918 data.
What names are similar to Tossie?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Tosha, Toshia, Toshiko, Toshiba, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Tossie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1908–1918 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Tossie draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.